After Wu Lian left, Xuemei sighed, thinking that she had finally gotten rid of this plague god.
Then Dai Dongfeng and Zhou Bing bought two taels of sugar, a bottle of canned oranges, and a box of mung bean cakes respectively, and went to buy some fruit nearby.
"Comrade Han Chen, what do you want?"
"Comrade Liu Xuemei, I want half a pound of sugar, two cans of oranges, and two boxes of mung bean cakes."
"You bought so much sugar by yourself. It will melt easily in this hot weather."
"Then I want two taels of sugar?" Han Chen said after thinking for a while.
"Okay, that's two taels of sugar tickets, one yuan, ninety-six cents."
When Han Chen heard this, he immediately gave the money to Xuemei.
By the time the educated youth had finished shopping, it was already time for lunch.
"Sister Zhang, I'm going to the state-owned restaurant to buy some meat buns to take home. Do you want to take anything?"
"Xuemei, can you buy me a pound of steamed buns? I'll give you the money and the ticket, and you give me the lunch box. I'll go get you some food, okay?"
"Okay, thank you, Sister Zhang. I'd appreciate it if you could just make me two multi-grain steamed buns."
When Xuemei arrived at the state-owned restaurant, there were already more than a dozen people in line. When it was Xuemei's turn, she asked, "Hello, comrade, would you like some meat buns or white flour buns?"
"There are also shredded pork and vermicelli buns, which are also 40 cents a pound and require 2 taels of meat coupons. The white flour steamed buns are the same as before."
Now one pound of food coupons can buy three pounds of coarse grains. For example, one pound of food coupons can buy two pounds of multi-grain steamed buns. If rural people want to get food coupons, they have to take grain from home to the grain station to exchange them. One pound of fine grains costs one pound of food coupons, and three pounds of coarse grains cost one pound of food coupons.
"Okay, comrade, please help me get a pound and a half of shredded pork and vermicelli buns, and a pound of white flour steamed buns. Pack the buns and steamed buns separately."
"Comrade, a total of two taels of meat coupons and two and a half catties of grain coupons, the total money is eight cents."
After Xuemei paid the money and the ticket, she put the steamed buns and dumplings into her schoolbag (all shoulder bags to save fabric). Just as she was about to leave the restaurant, she saw Han Chen and Zhou Bing eating at the same table.
"Han Zhiqing, Zhou Zhiqing, just the two of you are having dinner here. He Wanting and the others are not here."
"They finished eating first and went somewhere else." Zhou Bing answered while eating noodles.
Xuemei took out two buns from her schoolbag and handed one to each student.
"I was planning to ask my brothers to give it to you after we got back to the village, but since we've met, I'll give it to you now. Thank you for your help this morning."
"Comrade Liu Xuemei, you're too polite. I'll respectfully obey your order." Zhou Bing took it and put it in his mouth. He finished the bun in two bites. After saying that, he smacked his lips and said, "Meat buns are still the best." Then he picked up a whole grain steamed bun from the table and started eating.
Xuemei looked at Han Chen again and found that he was still eating noodles. Seeing Xuemei looking at him, he swallowed the noodles in his mouth and said, "Comrade Liu Xuemei, do you want sugar coupons? I'll lend them to you first. You can return them to me later when you have them."
"Comrade Han Chen, thank you. I still have some. I just lied to Wu Lian, but I need it today too."
After Xuemei finished speaking, she looked at the food in front of the two people. They both ordered a bowl of shredded pork noodles. Zhou Bing had almost a pound of multi-grain steamed buns in front of him, and Han Chen also had half a pound of white flour steamed buns in front of him.
Xuemei thought for a moment and said, "Han, Zhou, you educated youth, please be frugal with your food coupons, meat coupons, sugar coupons, and cloth coupons. From now on, each of you will be given two taels of meat coupons and two taels of sugar coupons per family for each year of work in the village, and two feet and seven inches of cloth per person. You will have to exchange your food coupons for grain at the grain station. So, try to be frugal with your food coupons, and you can all come here for a bite to eat."
"Thank you for your reminder, we understand." Han Chen replied.
Zhou Bing also nodded.
"Okay, then you guys take your time eating. I'm going back to work first. Bye."
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